Longmont man accused of truck theft tells cops he could have gotten away on foot

By Pierrette J. ShieldsLongmont Times-Call

Posted:
04/18/2013 04:04:54 PM MDT

Updated:
04/18/2013 04:05:32 PM MDT

Longmont Police search a city of Longmont parks truck after arresting Lloyd Arthurs, 20, on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, on the 1700 Block of Gifford Drive. The truck was reported stolen earlier and was reported driving aggressively throughout Longmont.
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LONGMONT -- A Longmont man accused of stealing a city truck after burglarizing a city facility Wednesday evening told a police officer after his arrest that he wanted to take the truck back, but couldn't recall where he got it, according to reports.

Lloyd Arthurs also told the officer that he has outrun cops in the past and felt he would have gotten away Wednesday had he returned the truck.

According to police reports, officers were called to the Boulder County Fairgrounds because a city of Longmont parks truck, with a flat tire and front-end damage, was doing doughnuts in the parking lot. Police learned that the truck was taken from a parks building at 989 Eighth Ave., which had been burglarized, and began a search for the truck.

Two garage windows were broken out at the facility, a tempered-glass window in the office was broken, the office door handle was damaged, and there were pry and cutting marks on the handle. The truck keys were taken from the office, police reported, along with a cellphone.

Police believe Arthurs drove the truck through a padlocked fence around the facility. In total, police estimated that Arthurs caused more than $2,000 in damage during the break-in and escape from the facility.

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Officers tracked the truck through the city, noting that it was spotted near 11th Avenue and Francis Street at one point. An officer near 16th Avenue and Hover Street reported trying to stop the truck at about 6:30 p.m. when it pulled up to 15th Avenue and Hover Street. The truck was stopped at a light at the intersection when an officer got out of his patrol vehicle to approach with his gun drawn and pointed toward the ground; the officer called out to the driver, who did not respond. The truck then turned north onto Hover Street and accelerated. Several officers followed, but lost sight of the truck.

Another officer located the truck on the 1700 block of Giffords Drive and arrested Arthurs, according to reports. Arthurs apparently drove the truck through several yards in the neighborhood, police reported.

Arthurs told officers that he did not stop because he does not have a driver's license. He said he was looking for the building where he got the truck so he could return it. He asked the officer where he got it "'cause I bet you I could have gotten away with it if I took the truck back,'" he said, according to reports.

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